infallibilities

States of inerrancy

Infallibilities is the plural of infallibility—the quality of being incapable of error.

The word most often appears in religious contexts, especially regarding papal infallibility in Catholic doctrine.

More broadly, it describes any claim to absolute correctness: He mocked the supposed infallibilities of economic forecasting.

certainty

inerrancy

Total freedom from mistakes

reliability · dependability · definiteness · undeniability · unquestionability · absoluteness · incontrovertibility · trustworthiness · authoritativeness · conclusiveness

divine

omniscience

Unlimited knowledge state

papal · apostolic · sacrosanct · holy · providential · predestination · sovereignty · immutability · eternality · transcendence

perfection

flawlessness

Total absence of defects

exactness · precision · correctness · accuracy · excellence · ideality · completeness · wholeness · soundness · integrity

reliability

dependability

Consistent trustworthy nature

constancy · unfailingness · sureness · soundness · stability · predictability · accuracy · precision · repeatability · durability

Opposites
capacity for error

infallibilitiesfallibilities

Liabilities to err

fallibility · faultiness · errancy · imperfections · imperfection

reliability and certainty

infallibilitiesunreliability

Tendency to disappoint expectations

uncertainties · fallacies · undependability · untrustworthiness · inconsistency

Family

unfailing, infallible, fallible, unfailingly, fallibility, infallibly, infallibility, falloff, failover

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